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peasant family, father was bailiff so Zwingli interested in government for whole life

Zwingli educated

largely in schools of the humanists and loved languages, literature, music

1506

Zwingli becomes pastor

Zwingli chaplain

accompanied Swiss mercenary soldiers in Italy as chaplain

Zwingli battle experience

saw thousands of Swiss Pikemen slaughtered by French cannon – first modern battle decided by artillery.

Zwingli opposed Swiss mercenary system because of

experience in which he saw thousands of Swiss Pikemen slaughtered by French cannon – first modern battle decided by artillery

Zwingli much effected by

the teaching of Martin Luther.

Zwingli converted to Protestantism

by study, which brought him to the same conclusion about God’s grace as Luther.

Zwingli opposed, with Luther

the sale of indulgences and the Catholic penitential system

1519

Zwingli became the people’s Priest at the Great Minster Church in Zurich. Abandoned liturgical calendar and started preaching through the Bible book by book and challenge unscriptural practices

Zwingli and the plague

when plague struck Zurich in 1519 he stayed to shepherd, became ill, but did not die.

Plague struck Zurich

in 1519

1523

Zwingli published Sixty Seven Articles.

Zwingli published Sixty Seven Articles in

1523

Zwingli’s Sixty Seven Articles were

vigorous expression of the Reformed faith.

City council of Zurich in 1523 supported

Zwingli, at formal disputation between he and a Papal representative

Zwingli’s theology centered upon

his view of the supremacy of scripture and the honor and glory of God.

Zwingli was more regulative than

Luther

Luther was less regulative than

Zwingli

Zwingli disagreed with Luther about

what elements should be contained in a worship service and the meaning of bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper.

Zwingli saw Luther’s consubstantiation view as

a return to ceremonies

Zwingli held to this type of view of the Lord’s Supper

memorial view

Toward the end of his life, Zwingli tried to defend these by picking up the sword for what he saw as God’s purposes

protestant rights in Zurich

Believed that the Rule of God extended over all of life and had no difficulty picking up the sword to fight for what he saw as God’s purposes

Zwingli

Looked for Swiss and foreign alliances to preserve the freedom to preach the gospel in Zurich and elsewhere

Zwingli

Died in battle at age 46

Zwingli

Zwingli died

Died in battle at age 46

Zwingli’s successor was

Heinrich Bullinger, his son-in-law and a pastor in Zurich.

Zwingli’s son-in-law

Heinrich Bullinger, a pastor in Zurich

Heinrich Bullinger

Zwingli’s successor and son-in-law and a pastor in Zurich.

Bullinger and Calvin were able

to reach some consensus on differences which had originally divided Zwingli and the other reformer.

Bullinger had great influence

sent some 12000 + letters throughout Europe.

Sent some 12000 + letters throughout Europe in his lifetime

Bullinger

Able to reach some consensus with Calvin regarding Zwingli’s views

Bullinger

The radical reform movement refers to

a collection of movements which rose out of the push for reform started by Luther and Zwingli, but which sought more or faster change

A collection of movements which sought more or faster change than that accomplished by Luther and Zwingli

the radical reform

Radical reform movement which appeared early in Wittenberg around the same time that Luther was at Wartburg led by

Luther’s colleague A.B. von Carlstadt.

Carlstadt began doing away with

many of the traditions of the church, including vestments and images and adopted a lay interpretation of the priesthood of believers.

Adopted a lay interpretation of the priesthood of believers

Carlstadt

Began doing away with many of the traditions of the church, including vestments and images

Carlstadt

Radical Reform movement that started in Zurich by some of Zwingli’s followers and friends

the Anabaptist movement

Rebaptized adults, claiming that infant baptism was invalid

Anabaptists

Their cries for radical reform included an insistence on the abandoning of all church tradition and use of the bible only, along with a seeking after of a “pure” and “Anti-Constantinian” church without any acceptance of or allegiance to the state

Anabaptists

Sought a “pure” and “Anti-Constantinian” church

Anabaptists

Wanted: no church tradition and use of the bible only

Anabaptists

The Schileitheim Confession was written in

1527

The Schileitheim Confession expressed

many of the distinctives of the Anabaptist’s beliefs.

Many of the distinctives of the Anabaptist’s beliefs were expressed in

the Schileitheim Confession

Menno Simons

a Catholic priest from Munster who left the Roman church to become and Anabaptist pastor in the Netherlands.

Catholic priest from Munster who left the Roman church to become and Anabaptist pastor in the Netherlands

Menno Simons

Menno Simons was a Catholic priest from

Munster

Menno Simons left the Catholic Church to begin preaching as an Anabaptist pastor in

the Netherlands.

Menno Simons stressed

the idea of the community of believers, committed to a new life, sealed by adult baptism, tightly knit, withdrawing from the secular world.

Stressed the idea of the community of believers, committed to a new life, sealed by adult baptism, tightly knit, withdrawing from the secular world

Menno Simons

Returned the Anabaptist movement to its earlier convictions regarding pacifism

Mennonites

Differences between major protestant reformers and the Anabaptist movement

place of church in the world, visible and invisible church, baptism

Had little patience with Luther’s Augustinian theology of election and the bondage of the will and the consequent idea of the invisible church

Anabaptists

Main contributions of Anabaptists to Reformation movement

Sola Scriptura consistency in church polity and worship, separation of church and state, freedom of conscience, holiness of life

Schileitheim Confession

first and most significant confession of Anabaptist faith

Not a comprehensive theological statement but identifies and clarifies the distinctive viewpoints and priorities of the Anabaptists

Schleitheim Confession

Schleitheim Confession year

1527

Confession that is mostly concerned with life and community

Schleitheim Confession

Menno Simons writing which was largely orthodox but didn’t accept the full humanity of Christ